The Best of Every đ§
20+ most popular Every đ§ articles, as voted by our community.
We publish smart, thoughtful essays on business and personal development. Our mission is to feed the minds and hearts of the people who build the internet.
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How to Process Negative Feedback
Tips for dealing with criticismâwhen you agree with it, and when you donât
«In these more educational environments, where no one expects me to be perfect, negative feedback is reframed. Itâs not criticism; itâs teaching.»
How to Improve Your Creative Thinking
The science of creativityâand how to unlock it
«Creativity is the ability to produce an artifact or an idea that is both novel and useful given a particular social context»
How to Become Comfortable With Uncertainty
Breaking free from the tyranny of fixed ideas
«The way to practice epistemic humility is to avoid forgetting that you might be wrong.»
Linus Lee Is Living With AI
How a researcher uses generative AI to help him think better and get more done
«What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in 10 years»
Here's What I Saw at an AI Hackathon
AI gossip, celebrity sightings, tech trendsâand some great projects
Every đ§ on Creator Economy
The Creator Power Scale: A Formula to Determine if Platforms are Ripping You Off
An examination of the Twitch Hack data
Every đ§ on Memes
How Memes Control Everything
The Economics of Belief Transmission
«Memes are essentially just patterns we imitate to achieve some desired effect.»
Every đ§ on Perfectionism
Perfectionism: Why and How to Beat It
A Guide to Doing Great Work without Fixating on Flawlessness
«rigidity is the problem, not the desire to do great work»
Every đ§ on PKM
The End of Organizing
How GPT-3 will turn your notes into an *actual* second brain
«thereâs a lot of value locked up in what weâve collected over the years, if we could just figure out how to use it.»
GPT-3 Is the Best Journal I've Ever Used
My slow and steady progression to living out the plot of the movie 'Her'
Every đ§ on Product Design
My Philosophy of Product Building
Mastering the art of 0 to 1
«Better to make a mistake and learn from it than to rob yourself of the lesson. So go with your gutânot because your gut is a sacred source of truth, but because itâs the best way to learn.»
Product-Led Growthâs Failure
How a Scrappy Utah Software Company Ignored Every Silicon Valley Heuristic and Won Anyway
«This article was informed by exclusive interviews with over a dozen current and former early employees of Qualtrics and SurveyMonkey.»
Every đ§ on Startups
You Probably Shouldnât Work at a Startup
Itâs overratedâboth financially and emotionally
«Founders want to win, employees want to win, and the best theyâve come up with is a culture of more hours = better outcomes»
What to Do After You Launch
Letâs say you just launched a product to a group of users for the first time. (Iâm speaking purely hypothetically, of course đ.) Launch went pretty well: good signups, hearty praise, and some…
Every đ§ on Storytelling
Becoming a Better Storyteller
Actionable ideas from an event with Adam Davidson
«Who is the protagonist (maybe itâs you, maybe itâs someone else) Where and when are they? What do they want? Why does the outcome matter?»
Want to Improve Your Public Speaking? Develop Your Awareness Skills
Practical tips to help you connect more deeply with others
Every đ§ on Tokenomics
Tokenomics 101: The Basics of Evaluating Cryptocurrencies
Supply, Demand, and Memes. Lots of Memes.
Tokenomics 103: Utility
Even if a token has a great supply model, it still needs a good reason to exist and for people to hold it.
Every đ§ on Writing
An AI Might Have Written This
Writers are using apps like Sudowrite and Subtxt to craft essays, short stories, and screenplays
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The Neuroscience of Achieving Your Goals
We turned a Huberman Lab Podcast Episode into an essay
How I Got My Brain Back
Using observation, investigation, and productivity methods to understand my depression
«My Proactive Tracking System took the form of a system of randomized prompts to log my mood throughout the day. I used Yapp Reminders to send the prompt and Mood Meter (screenshots below) to log my moods.»
How to find your writing âvoice.â
Introducing The Long Conversation: The Newsletter
«Your voice isnât armor, itâs how people find their way to you. Voice isnât something you do. Itâs whatâs revealed when you stop trying.»
The Blurred Lines of Parasocial Relationships
The disappearing divide between âfollowersâ and âfriendsâ
«For online creators and internet influencers, sharing intimate details about their lives is now part of the job description.»
Operating Well: What I Learned at Stripe
It's a state, not an outcome.
«People think focus is about the thing youâre focused on. But itâs actually about putting aside the big shiny, exciting things you could be working on.»
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